by Deborah BlockWASHINGTON —
Like Noah in the Bible, American photographer Joel Sartore is
collecting animals to save them, but instead of placing them in an ark,
he’s taking their pictures. The goal of his Photo Ark
project, which is supported by the National Geographic Society, is to
photograph some 12,000 animals that are vanishing because of hunting,
habitat loss and climate change. Sartore started the project in 1995,
and 11 years later, he has passed the half-way point in capturing images
of his subjects...Read more, photos: http://www.voanews.com/a/photo-ark-aims-to-save-endangered-animals/3465323.html